Mark - LateWander
@latewander.bsky.social
I like to talk about video games and stories. Maybe wrestling, maybe Linux too. 🏴
Game Pass really has gone from the best deal in gaming, to a complete waste of money pretty quickly hasn’t it? 😅
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · yesterdayXbox will soon cap cloud gaming at 15 hours per Game Pass Ultimate user and charge for extra playtime, it's announced. vgc.news/news/xbox-is...
Game Pass really has gone from the best deal in gaming, to a complete waste of money pretty quickly hasn’t it? 😅
Good thing it’s an easy solution that can be achieved in a timeframe that’s actually useful! I thought he was going to say something really stupid, like, “just make more stuff” without considering any of the economic or practical barrier of doing so. Oh, wait... 😑
Stupid Stupidity
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Game Pass really has gone from the best deal in gaming, to a complete waste of money pretty quickly hasn’t it? 😅
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · yesterdayXbox will soon cap cloud gaming at 15 hours per Game Pass Ultimate user and charge for extra playtime, it's announced. vgc.news/news/xbox-is...
Good Housekeeping let me calm the nerves of anxious parents skeptical of video games
I'm a Games Journalist and a Dad—Here's What Parents Get Wrong About Educational Video Games
Games don’t need to be full of math problems or vocabulary quizzes to be opportunities for learning.
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“at launch” is hanging in that headline like a wet fart at a dinner party.
Of course it’s fucking plausible! They just don’t want to put the time and effort into making it happen! 😡 Honestly, it’s like these companies think we’re all fools who have never bought anything digitally before ! GoG seem to have been doing this for years without much of an issue!
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3d agoSony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...
Of course it’s fucking plausible! They just don’t want to put the time and effort into making it happen! 😡 Honestly, it’s like these companies think we’re all fools who have never bought anything digitally before ! GoG seem to have been doing this for years without much of an issue!
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3d agoSony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...
California’s Age Attestation Bill to Exclude #Linux and All Open Source OSes 9to5linux.com/californias-... #OpenSource
California's Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes - 9to5Linux
The California Digital Age Assurance Act will exempt open-source operating systems and applications from its age attestation requirements.
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That means nothing… you “literally” play any game “forever” if you want. So long as the bastards keep the game available of course... 😑
Fuck me, are we doing this again… Maybe just focus on making one good, affordable product than spreading your resources over several badly executed ideas this time? 🙄
Almost certainly some AI bullshit. But there is something depressing accurate about seeing Carney winning, but it’s his health bar that goes down and Trumps remains the same. 😑
Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙@blabalino.com · 7d agoGamers have an interesting way of expressing their feelings.
Almost certainly some AI bullshit. But there is something depressing accurate about seeing Carney winning, but it’s his health bar that goes down and Trumps remains the same. 😑
Almost certainly some AI bullshit. But there is something depressing accurate about seeing Carney winning, but it’s his health bar that goes down and Trumps remains the same. 😑
Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙@blabalino.com · 7d agoGamers have an interesting way of expressing their feelings.
In a world of vanishing role models, it is so sad to lose Dolly Parton. What a legend. One of the few celebs with real power, influence and money and genuinely only seemed interested in using it to inject some fucking GOOD into the world! Also Jolene is a banger! open.spotify.com/track/5fdhTh...
Jolene
Dolly Parton · Jolene (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1974
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In a world of vanishing role models, it is so sad to lose Dolly Parton. What a legend. One of the few celebs with real power, influence and money and genuinely only seemed interested in using it to inject some fucking GOOD into the world! Also Jolene is a banger! open.spotify.com/track/5fdhTh...
Jolene
Dolly Parton · Jolene (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1974
open.spotify.com
Here’s my hot takes: No one should be harassed for their opinion on a video game - don’t be an idiot. People who publish deliberately provocative headlines shouldn’t “woe, is me” when people get provoked. The only correct way to enjoy a video game is by playing it however you damn want!
Bring on the micro e-ink reader revolution! ✊🥳
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 2w agoFor @aftermath.site: while the Xteink X4 got a windfall from the open source community, Seeed Studio has courted development with the reTerminal Sticky; a $50 magnetic e-ink display that beats Xteink on both features and price, and actively wants you to hack it. aftermath.site/reterminal-s...
Bring on the micro e-ink reader revolution! ✊🥳
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 2w agoFor @aftermath.site: while the Xteink X4 got a windfall from the open source community, Seeed Studio has courted development with the reTerminal Sticky; a $50 magnetic e-ink display that beats Xteink on both features and price, and actively wants you to hack it. aftermath.site/reterminal-s...
The implication that people who play nerdy niche sailing games or nerdy puzzle games or tiny story-driven emotional deckbuilders - like me! - won’t also be playing GTA6 at launch is wild. 😅 It’s going to be all consuming for at least a few weeks, I don’t think there is any getting around that…
GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 3w agoShipShaper developer Tomas Sala says indies shouldn't be scared of GTA6. "It has its own f***ing audience that doesn't go around buying nerdy niche sailing games or nerdy puzzle games or tiny story-driven emotional deckbuilders. They just want to play GTA." https://bit.ly/4zmx0Yk
Remains one of the best and most unique gaming experiences I’ve had in a very long time. Would 100% recommend!
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Remains one of the best and most unique gaming experiences I’ve had in a very long time. Would 100% recommend!
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Well I suppose I’m saying I’m someone who would honestly say that and also likes art, a lot, just not new movies that much. 😅
I don’t like conflating “isn’t excited by new movies” and “doesn’t care about art”. I’ve probably watched a handful of new movies over the past decade and rarely deliberately. I do however play a lot of games, watch tv, read books and own a lot of physical artworks. So, yeah, I do care about art.
Big Joel@bigjoel.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen people say pretentious stuff like “I haven’t been excited by a new movie in years” are they aware that this is a sign they don’t care about art at all
I don’t like conflating “isn’t excited by new movies” and “doesn’t care about art”. I’ve probably watched a handful of new movies over the past decade and rarely deliberately. I do however play a lot of games, watch tv, read books and own a lot of physical artworks. So, yeah, I do care about art.
Big Joel@bigjoel.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen people say pretentious stuff like “I haven’t been excited by a new movie in years” are they aware that this is a sign they don’t care about art at all
I don’t like conflating “isn’t excited by new movies” and “doesn’t care about art”. I’ve probably watched a handful of new movies over the past decade and rarely deliberately. I do however play a lot of games, watch tv, read books and own a lot of physical artworks. So, yeah, I do care about art.
Speaking largely for myself and the people I know, but I do believe gamers who play a lot of indies just tend to be more game agnostic - playing everything from AAA to a 2hr indie. While I’m sure there will be plenty that just won’t play GTA because it’s not their thing, I think *A LOT* of will.
